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To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
This is an excerpt from my book PE²: Double the Physical + Double the Education = Double the Fun. Included are some additional teaching tips to assist you in time management and grouping strategies. These strategies are especially helpful if you teach large classes of 50+. -
Objective: Students will practice and improve bouncing for accuracy, spatial awareness, defensive strategy, and cardiovascular endurance in the high- energy game of A Drop in the Bucket. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
Objective: To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
Objective: A strategy-based game where teamwork, decisiveness, and communication skills are critical to win it ALL or walk away with NOTHING (accept having fun with your friends and getting active)! -
Objective: To reinforce spatial awareness, fleeing and dodging, throwing for accuracy, and hula hoop manipulatives in the wacky, action-packed game of Hooper’s Hulas. -
Helpers of the Month Here is a fun incentive I use with my 5th graders who excel and demonstrate great attitudes in physical education. Helpers of the Month assist me in promoting behavior expectations to other students. This incentive utilizes 5th graders as physical education helpers in daily setup, cleanup, errands, and other classroom management needs. 5th Grade Student Teachers Here is a fun incentive I use with fifth graders who excel and demonstrate great attitudes in physical education. This program utilizes fifth graders as student teachers at various physical education stations for kindergarteners. -
Nonverbal cues are a great time management tool I often times implement in physical education to avoid disrupting the flow of learning when instruction is being given. Implementing the nonverbal cues allows me to quickly address and alleviate many problems instead of stopping the class, addressing the problem, and re-starting the class. For example, I’m demonstrating a skill and I notice a student who is talking to a friend; instead of calling them out and disrupting class, I simply make eye contact with that student and do the “cut it out” cue without hindering my demonstration. -
These are a few hands-on tools I use to engage students in the learning process. I simply tie them into a lesson/game that fits well with the tool I'm using. Although there is a small investment involved to add these products to your equipment, it's interesting to see how captivated students are when they can actually see and feel the effects of an occluded artery, or how much sugar and fat are in the foods they eat. Students also are amazed at the fat chunk and that although it weighs the same as muscle, it takes up twice the space, plus it is gross to feel. The Pack of Toxic Tar Display contains two removable cigarettes filled with gooey "tar." The tar in these two cigarettes represents the amount of toxic tar that a smoker receives from smoking one pack of cigarettes. -
Each class that arrives to physical education must enter the gym, get into personal space, and await the teacher’s instructions. A student “caught being ready” (sitting still, listening, etc.) is chosen every class to go to the stage to be the Stretch Captain. Variation/Option: since most students want to be chosen, I’ve added a new stipulation in order to be selected as the Stretch Captain. In this variation I ask “who knows their multiples of 4 or 6 or 8, etc. This limits the number of students who raise their hands and challenges those students who do not know their multiples to learn them so that they may be chosen for a future class. The Stretch Captain will read and lead each stretch from the list of stretches, while counting to 10 or whatever multiple is chosen times 10. Upon completion, the Stretch Captain will roll the fitness die to determine what fitness activity all students must perform. Note: the teacher can supplement any fitness activity if a fitness die is not available. This is a great incentive for entering the gym correctly because EVERYONE wants to be the Stretch Captain! -
Objective: This game improves bowling for accuracy while placing students in nonstop defensive situations. -
Objective: This is a fast-paced aerobic game that focuses on the movement competencies of dodging and fleeing. -
For decades, there has been a search for PE activities that blend academic and physical elements. With time being a huge factor, a balance must be achieved; physical intensity must not be diminished by time spent on verbal instruction. Could the answer to this balance be easy? Easy as PIE? INNOVATIVE WAY YOUR P.E. PROGRAM CAN: •Promote reading and math •Reinforce classroom content •Challenge students physically and mentally PHYSICAL: Students use lots of high energy locomotor skills, running, skipping, leaping etc, to find assigned letters and in the span of a few seconds use fine motor skills to place the ball on the word building tray. Correct throwing form and proper basketball shooting technique may be practiced as students must throw balls into the unique mixer goal. ACADEMIC: Beginning readers get extra practice in letter recognition, spelling high frequency sight words and word building. Established readers use subject specific task cards to reinforce classroom concepts in areas of English, science, nutrition, health, etc. The math concept of fractions is utilized as “just keeping score in a game.” COLLABORATIVE: Students work in teams and every team member has a role to play. Each team has a captain, a point guard and several letter “ninjas”. Teams compete for points by spelling words quickly and must work together. The elements of cooperation and competition are extremely effective in keeping students motivated and on task. The inventor of the game, Carol Cranford is a retired physical education specialist from Alabama. "Thank you for checking out this game. It is now a staple item in my physical education curriculum because my students love it". JD Hughes -
Objective: to provide students various ways to develop and improve aim and accuracy while learning to manipulate various throwing objects. -
From my book PE2theMax II: Stepping up the “Game” in Physical Education, the game of Action Packed provides a great way to introduce and/or integrate multiple fitness and social activities that will allow students to demonstrate competency in fitness skills, in the attempts to also enhance persistence, team- work, and camaraderie. -
From my book PE2theMax II: Stepping up the “Game” in Physical Education, in the game of Going Cuckoo, students must cooperatively and quickly work together to get all of the misplaced Cuckoo eggs safely to their mother’s nest, while reinforcing throwing, catching, hand-eye coordination, and cardiovascular fitness. Scenario: There are two common kinds of cuckoos in North America, the blue-billed cuckoo and the red-billed cuckoo. Bird watchers have observed and learned that cuckoos do not like to care for their young. The sad truth is that cuckoos actually lay their eggs in another bird’s nest and leave them to be hatched and cared for by another bird. To avoid the risk of extinc- tion, a group of bird watchers have decided to team up and find the misplaced cuckoo eggs and safely transfer all the fragile eggs to their natural mother’s nest. -
Objective: Adapted from the game In the Zone (Hughes, J. 2002. No Standing Around in My Gym. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics), Catch Me if You Can emphasizes teamwork and strategy through a high-energy passing and catching manipulative game. -
OBJECTIVE: EcSTATIC Bowling is the advanced and more competitive version from the original game of EcSTATIC. Teams will race to complete the cooperative bowling and static balance challenges. AND as a bonus, holding static poses is great for building core strength! -
Objective: All students will actively engage in the mysterious game of Trick or Treasure because what is unveiled could be a trick or could be a treasure. Trick or Treasure provides a fun, high-energy outlet for students to reinforce fitness skills, strategy and deception. -
Download this free 6 page pdf to provide you with the Lesson Plan Scope I use for My Physical Education Program. This Scope includes the Skills Development/area of focus of the game, it's recommended grade level along with what book you can find it in and the page number. Due to length of my school year, the Lesson Plan Scope does not include every game or activity that I've ever written in all 7 books. I've basically selected all of my favorite games and lessons that I can fit into my calendar year. Thanks for checking it out ;) -
Objective: Match Madness is a high energy, nonstop fitness game. The key to success in this game is to find multiple hidden card matches. Note: “What lies Beneath?” is a great game to play with Grades 3 through 8 in conjunction with Match Madness due to similarities in game set up. -
Objective: Stick it to Ya is a fast-paced, high-energy, dice-rolling game where students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and subtraction problems in the attempt to get rid of all of their sticks. -
OBJECTIVE: Students will play various noodle games to improve accuracy, spatial awareness, and creativity while exploring ways to manipulate various sized foam noodles. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
This zany, action-packed game reinforces spatial awareness, hula-hoop manipulation, and bowling for accuracy. There are three excellent versions of Bowl-a-Hula. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
Objective: To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
Watch heads turn with a look saying “what did you say?” when you explain this unique, exhilarating, heart-pounding game that will blow their minds. -
Objective: To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
In Yeah Baby! students learn how to strategically place items to avoid losing them to the other team, work on finesse, and improve throwing for accuracy. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
Objective: This is a game where pandemonium, throwing and bowling for accuracy, and teamwork can actually coexist. -
Objective: Each 3-player team will incorporate teamwork, communication, and improve throwing, catching, and visual tracking skills, while learning how to share three different positions by trading places each time a point is earn. -
Objective: The game of Scallywag challenges each student’s throwing accuracy and offensive and defensive strategy, while encouraging spatial awareness. -
Gee Whiz is a rock, paper, and scissors-like game that encourages students to implement strategy, honesty, fairness, and honorable sporting behavior, while constantly making laugh out loud, goofy faces and gestures. -
Students will practice and improve kicking and soccer-style dribbling, defensive and offensive strategy, and cardiovascular endurance in the throwback, Pac Man-like game of Gobble, Gobble. -
Objective: Students will practice and improve throwing for accuracy, spatial awareness, and defensive strategy in the high-energy game of Cone Heads. -
Objective: Hornswoggled is a fun, fitness option that emphasizes cardiovascular fitness through jogging laps, but with a cool purpose.....to earn tickets to board Captain Swag’s Pirate Ship for chances to win his precious treasure. -
Objective: Volcanic Eruption will help students improve the skills of visual tracking, catching, throwing, and peripheral vision, while learning to use spatial awareness by moving and avoiding others within general space. -
Objective: Students will improve communication, teamwork, and throwing accuracy, while incorporating the strategical tactics of offense and defense. So you better “watch your back” or your team will look back to see your team’s points are gone! -
Objective: Each student will demonstrate competency in fitness skills while being challenged to crack the mysterious codes in order to reveal their hidden words. -
Objective: This game allows students to practice honesty, fairness, honorable sporting behavior, and fitness skills. Fitness War, derived from the classic card game of War, is an energetic and exciting game, requiring a little strategy and a lot of luck. Ultimately, perseverance makes the difference. -
Objective: Bamboozled, according to www.merriam-webster.com, means to confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely. Teams will get active and moving, strategizing on how to bamboozle or outsmart the opposing team in order to be declared the Bamboozle Champions. -
Objective: Word Search Showdown will stretch the student’s minds by providing multiple opportunities to recall and practice spelling words. The combination of spelling fundamentals, exercise, memorization, and teamwork forces players to strategize and think while constantly exercising to spell words and earn as many points as possible. -
Objective: Students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and be able to recognize the differences between odd and even numbers through the non-stop, moving game of It’s Okay to be Odd! -
Objective: This game allows students to practice honesty, fairness, and honorable sporting behavior. Derived from the game of Head Honcho (No Standing Around In My Gym, Human Kinetics), Head Honcho II is also a fast-paced and exciting game, requiring a little strategy, luck, and honesty. Ultimately, perseverance makes the difference. -
Objective: Students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and be able to recognize the differences between greater than, less than, more, less, high, low, and equal to through the thrilling game of Roll with It. -
Objective: Feeling Lucky? Watch as teammates communicate and try to guess each round’s Tri Factor to earn valuable points with the ultimate goal of being the Tri Factor Champions. But look out! A wrong guess forces your team into one of six different fitness choices and multiple wrong guesses just may cover all of your fitness minutes for the day. -
Objective: To practice strategy, honesty, fairness, and honorable sporting behavior. Derived from the rock, paper, and scissors games of Head Honcho I and II, Just Roll the Dice is also a fast-paced and exciting game, reinforcing math competency, strategy, luck, and honesty, but ultimately perseverance to become an elite Roll the Dice Champion. -
Objective: Students will practice and reinforce fitness skills, number recognition, and be able to recognize the differences between greater than, less than, more, less, high, low, and equal to through the thrilling game of Moving On Up. -
Objective: This is a fast-paced game where teamwork, decisiveness, and communication skills are critical to wheel ’n deal teams to success. -
Objective: Dicey Situation is a fast-paced and exciting fitness game, requiring a little strategy, luck, and honesty; but ultimately perseverance will make the difference to be successful. Students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and be able to recognize the differences between greater than, less than, more, less, high, low, and equal to through the game of Dicey Situation. -
Objective: Sacrifice will stretch the student’s minds by providing multiple opportunities to recall and practice spelling words. The combination of spelling fundamentals, exercise, and teamwork forces players to strategize, and ultimately make individual sacrifices to spell words and earn as many points for their team as possible. -
Objective: Students will explore various ways to develop and improve ball manipulation skills such as visual tracking, accuracy, control, throwing, catching, and socializational skills through the use of Super 70 Gatorskin balls or tennis balls. The game of Bucket Bash will also test each child’s patience, demanding perseverance in order to succeed. -
Objective: Students will practice and improve rolling for accuracy, spatial awareness, teamwork and defensive strategy in the non-stop, high-energy game of Rampage. -
Objective: Challenge students’ throwing accuracy and spelling skills through the hair-raising game of Scrabblistic. In Scrabblistic, students must score points in order to earn scrabble tiles, and in turn, stretch the student’s minds by providing multiple opportunities to recall and practice spelling words. The combination of spelling fundamentals, exercise, memorization, and teamwork forces players to strategize while constantly earning tiles in order to spell words and earn as many points as possible.
